New Orleans police are on the scene of a shooting in Algiers. Around 7 p.m., a man in the 1600 block of Behrman Ave. The man was unidentified by police, and sustained a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police said. No further information was immediately available. Stay with nola.com... Full story »

New Orleans police investigated a fatal accident on St. Claude Avenue Wednesday that left a bicyclist dead. The incident happened about 10 p.m. near the corner of St. Claude Ave. and Pauline St., police said. The accident occurred on the westbound side of the roadway. According to police, the 50-year-old bicyclist was struck by a silver Honda Civic while crossing into... Full story »

Dozens of family and community members gathered at the LaPlace Feed and Seed Store Wednesday night for a prayer vigil to honor the couple who fell victim to a deadly armed robbery at the store, according to our reporting partners at Fox 8. Steven Finckbeiner, 63, was shot to death Tuesday during the armed robbery at the LaPlace Feed... Full story »

New Orleans police are searching for a woman who is a suspect in a French Quarter robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning. About 3:45 a.m., the woman offered a 28-year-old man a ride from the French Quarter to his temporary residence in the 1600 block of Annunciation St., police said. At some point the woman threatened the man, and... Full story »

Two days after he was wounded by gunfire, a New Orleans shooting victim drove to a local hospital for treatment Monday, police said. The man was shot in the leg Saturday near near the intersection of Duels Street and Florida Avenue. Police did not release further information on the incident. Full story »

A doctor and his business partner, along with a former New Orleans police officer, have been indicted on federal charges of operating Metairie and Slidell "pain clinics" that sold prescriptions for highly addictive drugs, according to federal court records unsealed Monday. The clinics did "little more than write prescriptions ... that the patients desired," according to the grand jury.... Full story »

Auditors cited a charter school in Uptown New Orleans because it couldn't document about $14,500 in charges on school credit cards, according to The Lens. Employees of Sophie B. Wright Charter used five credit cards without approval, and no one independently reviews the school director's credit card spending, according to the audit by Silva Gurtner & Abney. Most of the spending was... Full story »

The eastbound Interstate 10 bridge over Lake Pontchartrain has reopened after a fatal wreck Monday night. The bridge was closed about 8:30 p.m., when a 70-year-old man lost control of his sport utility vehicle, striking several guard rails, New Orleans police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released. His vehicle was the only one... Full story »

Four people were shot Monday in separate instances of gun violence in New Orleans, police said. Two of the victims were critically wounded in the violent, eight-hour stretch. Around midday, a man was shot in the neck and chest near City Park, in the 1000 block of North Carrollton Avenue. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Narcotics... Full story »

New Orleans police are looking for attackers who twice used baseball bats to bash bicyclists on Esplanade Avenue, officers said Monday. In both cases, two people hit the cyclists in the head. The first incident was reported Friday at 2:20 a.m. near the intersection of Esplanade and North Robertson Street. A man was riding his bicycle on Esplanade when a... Full story »

A man was shot multiple times Monday night in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans police said. It was the fourth shooting reported in the city in about eight hours. It happened about 7:15 p.m. in the 6200 block of North Rampart Street. The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Earlier, a 20-year-old man was shot... Full story »

A 20-year-old man was shot in the arm and hip Monday afternoon in Gentilly. It was one of three shootings during the day in New Orleans. The Gentilly assault occurred about 4:40 p.m. in the 2500 block of Gladiolus Street, said officer Frank Robertson III, a Police Department spokesman. The victim was taken to a local hospital. Around midday,... Full story »

An Orleans Parish Sheriff's deputy fired his gun at a robbery suspect in the parking lot of a Walmart in Algiers, said Philip Stelly, a spokesman for the sheriff's office. The incident took place around 2 p.m. at the Walmart at 4001 Behrman Place, authorities said. The suspect went into the store, implied he had a weapon and demanded... Full story »

A woman found dead Sunday morning near a ditch in Avondale was strangled, according to the Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office. After an autopsy, the coroner ruled that the cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation. The case is now being investigated as a homicide, according to Col. John Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Authorities... Full story »

New Orleans police issued a warrant Wednesday in connection with the cold case murder of a Bywater woman in 2008. Joseph Brant, 44, confessed to stabbing Jessica Hawk to death in her Chartres Street home in 2008, police said. Brant is currently serving a prison sentence in Beaumont, Texas. Police filed paperwork with the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office... Full story »

New Orleans police were investigating a shooting Monday night in Central City. About 9 p.m., a 23-year-old man was shot in the arm in the 2100 block of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, said officer Frank Robertson III, a Police Department spokesman. The victim was reported in stable condition at a local hospital. No further information was immediately available. Full story »